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Surface Engineered Porous Silicon-based Nanostructures for Cancer Therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2012

Adi Tzur-Balter ,
Naama Massad-Ivanir  and
Ester Segal
Adi Tzur-Balter
Affiliation:
The Interdepartmental Program of Biotechnology, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
Naama Massad-Ivanir
Affiliation:
Department of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
Ester Segal
Affiliation:
Department of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel The Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
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Abstract

In this work, nanostructured porous silicon (PSi) hosts, synthesized by electrochemical etching of Si, are designed to carry and release the anti cancer drug, mitoxantrone dihydrochloride (MTX). We study the effect of surface chemistry of the Si scaffold on its properties as a drug carrier. The freshly-etched PSi is modified by surface alkylation using thermal hydrosilylation with 1-dodecene. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and nitrogen adsorption-desorption measurements are employed to characterize the PSi carriers after chemical modification. Both, drug loading efficiency and release kinetics are found to be significantly affected by surface chemistry of the PSi. In vitro cytotoxicity studies on human breast carcinoma (MDA-MB-231) cells show that the MTX released from the PSi hosts maintains its cytotoxic functionality.

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nanostructureSibiomedical
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1416: Symposium JJ – Nanofunctional Materials, Nanostructures and Nanodevices for Cancer Applications , 2012 , mrsf11-1416-jj07-09
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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